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package org.apache.wikimark;

import java.io.Closeable;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.Reader;
import java.net.URL;

import org.apache.wikimark.http.AbstractPostRequest;

/**
 * The abstraction of connectivity type used for data transfer
 * @author Sergey I. Salishev
 */
public interface Connectivity extends Closeable {
	
	/**
	 * @param url base Wiki URL
	 */  
	void setBaseURL(URL url);
	
	/**
	 * Requests the Wiki page 
	 * @param request contains parameters to be posted
	 * @return the stream of the requested page
	 * @throws IOException on connection error
	 */
	Reader requestPage(AbstractPostRequest request)
			throws IOException;
}
